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| Abortion at the Core of Both Left and Right |
| 2019-01-05 |
| [American Thinker] Whether Americans like it or not, abortion has become the defining issue of the two main parties. A Democrat can be many things ‐ a moderate; a corporatist; or a shrill, uninformed socialist ‐ but he must be pro-choice, as shown in the recent move to repeal the pro-life Mexico City policy, which prevents foreign aid going to organizations that fund or encourage abortions. The same applies to the Republicans, who range from government-friendly "moderates" to staunch say-no-to-all-spending libertarians but who all must try to uphold the rights of the unborn ‐ except Gov. Kasich, who apparently thinks cursive is more important than saving infants with a heartbeat. Considering the respective platforms of each party, this sometimes places political leaders and their constituents in strange places. It seems odd that Democrats, who claim to champion the poor and people of color, support a procedure that decimates those very communities and accounted for a staggering 41 million deaths worldwide in 2018. For Republicans who claim to advocate for freedom and limited government, it also seems odd, at least on principle, to limit parents' freedom in planning their families. The division makes more sense within the context of morality than politics. Democrats espouse a materialist secular morality that stresses quality of life over the sanctity of life. This means they believe there is a point for individuals when life is not worth living, usually in cases of poverty, sickness, or suffering, which then makes it permissible to terminate that life. By contrast, Republicans have embraced the Christian/Natural Law morality, which contends that all human beings have the right to life, regardless of circumstance. |
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